Posts from — November 2009

ASG carries the full line of Autodesk products and it is with much excitement that I can finally disclose that a Mac OS X version of Smoke will be shipping very soon.  Hardware requirements have not been publicly announced yet but you can bet it’s a Mac Pro and I know it will require a Kona 3 card and some decent storage.  The best part – you can save thousands since the Mac OS X version will only run $14,995.00, considerably less than Smoke Advanced.  More details to follow . . .

TB

It’s impossible to deny the fact that the production world is going tapeless.  Almost everyone I work with is shooting to some form of digital media whether it’s SxS, P2, RED, direct to disc etc.  While this may solve a number of issues that were formerly plaguing the set, it inadvertently created a very large problem . . . .  ”Now that I have all this great footage on this tiny little card, how the heck to I store it for later use?” [Read more →]